Train-pipe connection.



I. MERRYWEATHER.

. TRAIN PIPEOONNECTION.

APPLICATION FILED 0OT.19. 1912.

Patented Dec. 15,1914.

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J. MBRRYWEATHER. TRAIN PIPE 0011115011011. APPLIGA'TION FILED 00T.19.1B12.

Patented Dec. 15, 1914.

' WITNESSES.-

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- UNITED res isr rI' OFFICE JAMESMEBRYWEATHER, OF GREENGASTLE, INDIANA.

TRAIN-PIPE couunc'rron.

Specification of Letters Patent. A Patented D 15 1914 Application filed October 19, 191?. Serial No. 726,735.

I To all whom it may concern;

' a citizen of-the United States, and aresr' dent of Greencastle, county-of Putnam, and

Be it known that I, JAMES MERRYWEATHER,

State ofi;Indiana, -have invented a certain ,new and useful Train-Pipe Connection, and do :hereby declare that the following is a "full, clear, and exact description thereoj,

reference .beinghad to. the accompanying drawings.

The object of this invention is to provide air-brake connections between cars which can be. coupled or uncoupled and otherwise :operated entirely from either side of the cars.

.WitY bBliWBBl'l thetwo sides between the cars andunder the car coupling and the operator isrequired to crawl down betweenthetwo ig. 3,is an enlargedfragmental detailof uthe'coupling members. Fig.4 IS a section onthe line 4'i;of Fig. 1. In the drawings, there is shown two cars .10 adapted to be coupled together by the coupling members 11 mid-way between the ;sides of the cars. So far as this invention is I concerned any coupling may be used for this purpose.

. a Under eachcar there is secured near one 4 side an air-line ortrain pi e12 for the airbrake system'a'rlit exten s throughout the L Ilength of the cars; in the drawings herein they are on opposite sides of the two cars. a Each line pipe 12 extends almost to the end ofthecar and on the end thereof there'is a rubber hose1'3. Neareach end of each line 5 pipe 12 there is a branch pipe 14 extending 1 "transversely. of the car-to the other s de and at the other side turnslongitudinally and is The-ends o the main pipe and the branch continued almost to the end of the car like the main pi e at the other side of the car.

pipes are in alinement with each other on 1 the two cars so as to furnish two lines of pi e at the ends of the cars, one near each -si e.- Each of these pipes has on itsend a Atpresent the air-brake coupling is mid-v couplings.

hose coupling section 13 which extendslbeyond the .end of the car. And on one hose coupling section of each pair there is a female coupling member 15 and on the other one a male coupling member IG-enga ing each other so. that they can be operate by merely {lifting the'ymale coupling member upward. I

At each end of'the-carthere is a trans verse rod mounted inibrackets 21. and

with both ends thereof turned to form-handles whereby the, rod can be operated. This rod isabovc thehose couplings-and an arm 22 extends from the rod 20-over one pair of hose couplings and is connected with the male couplingmember 16 by a-chain 23 The rod 20 on onecar is arranged in that manner to uncouple one pair ofhosesections 13 and the rod 20 on the othercar is arranged to uncouple the other pair of hose 7 Therefore, the air may "pass through eithersetof couplings or both, if both are coupled, although the latter isfnot necessary. It is immaterial 118 120 which set of couplings is connected, fol-either can be operated, that is coupled or uncoupled, from.

either side of thetrain.. In practice theoperator will couple the pair of-hose couplings near the side of the train where heiis standing, but it can be uncoupled ,from either 7 side of the train through the rod 20.

In order to control the air in coupling or uncoupling the lines from either sidev of the train, a valve 25 isplaced on each line pipe and also one oneach branch pipe and each of these valves-is operated'by a rod 26 connected therewith and extending beyond each 'sid of the'car and mountedin brackets27.

Therefore, each of the four-valves can be ioperated from either side of the car.

In operation, the operator couples the line neauthe side of the train on which he is standing and turns-off the air in the line near the other side-of the'train and turns on the air in the line which he has just coupled.

In uncoupling he does justthegeverse An arm 30 extends from the middlepart of each rod 20 over the coupling memhers 11 and carries a chain 31 connected wigtl the coupling pin 32, whereby the rods 2 05j hen operated for uncoupling besides unco; pling the air-brake will simultaneously rhi'se the coupling pin, and,- wh'errthe air-brake 'is coupled the coupling pin will also be re 1.

leased simultaneously I I The cardinal or salient .featureso'f the posed near the sides of the present invention reside in the fact thatthe train pipes carried by the-,cars are each pro,- vided" with a pairjof-terminals at each, end, the terminals of the train pipes being discars, "and eachterminal having a valve, the Operating means for each valve being readily accessible from ,both sides of therespective car and there being hose sections attached to the pipe terminals, the hose sections being readily accessible from the sides of the cars, coupling-members being carried by the free ends of the hose sections, and means being carried by each of the cars ,for detaching one; coupling member of-one pair from :both sides of the car. It is-to bejnoted that each valve of the train pipe vterminals is \provided W'ith'a transversestem having apair ofhandles readily accessible from the opposit sides of therespective car, for. enabling each valve to be'controlled from. each side of the car. "Therefore, with this construction the air-brake and the car couplers can be operated from either side of the train without the operator getting betwecnthe cars 'to any extent. a I While I havereferred to my pipe connections asfair connections-,- I do not Wish to limit mysel'f'to this one use as it is evident theyhoiil'd he need for other-purposes or another similar set of pipes could be installedlifor steam or other use and. be operatd in the sa memannerqand byj-the same rod .20. i.

I claim as my invention: v1",". The combination Withvrailvvay .cars, of

train pipes carried thereby, each train pipe having a pair'of terminals, the terminals of v v fillies of this patent may beohtaiiieil for coupling member of one pair same.

the train pipes being disposed near the sides of the cars, a-;valve for each terminal, operating means for each valve and readi y accessible from both sides of the respective car, hose sections, attac ed to the terminals,

the "hose sections being" readily accessible from the sides of the cars, coupling members' carried"by the free ends of the hose sections, and means carried by each of the cars for detaching one 0011 ling member of one pair from both sides o the car.

. 2. The" combination With railway cars, of a train pipe foreach carhaving a pair of terminals, the terminals" being disposed near the sidsof'th cars, a valve for each terminal, each valve having transverse stem,

the 'v'alve Isteihs' each having a" pair'ofhan dies readily accessible-irom'rthe opposite sides of the respective car, hose sections at tached to the ter 4 seciired thereto, andafiexible element connecting' the'freeend'of" each arm to one In witness whereof, I have hereunto affixedmy signature in the presence of the Witnesses. herein named. I

JAMES MERBYWEATHER.

Witnesses: JAMns CoorER,

MAT J. MURPH five cents each, iiy addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, 13.8.

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